"hairbrained" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more hairbrained [comparative], most hairbrained [superlative]
Etymology: From hair + brained. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|brained}} hair + brained Head templates: {{en-adj}} hairbrained (comparative more hairbrained, superlative most hairbrained)
  1. Misspelling of harebrained. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: harebrained
    Sense id: en-hairbrained-en-adj-F6I1uLvV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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